<p>Just to clarify, it wouldn’t be $80k in debt. That’s the total cost, but only $20-40 of that would end up having to be loans. Most likely split somewhat evenly between me and my parents. And there were (are) schools between Yale and Delaware in terms of quality and STICKER PRICE. (Maryland, Case Western, and UNC, for example) But Yale’s financial aid offer was better than all of those schools, even after scholarships. So its really just between UDel and Yale and (maybe) Brown at this point.</p>